2012 AmericasBarometer survey data show that citizens across the Americas tend to reject media censorship, but there is some variation across countries.

Ranking Member Eliot L. Engel, the senior Democratic member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, gave the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a Council of Americas event on the upcoming Central America election.

Chile holds legislative and presidential elections on November 17. What do polls say, what are voter rules, and how could recent legislation affect turnout?

AS/COA Online provides an overview of the October 27 election, explaining the country's rules for primaries, voters, candidates, campaigns, and parties.

Despite its historic aversion to anything smacking of intervention, Brasília has increasingly taken an active role against democratic reversals in Honduras and Paraguay. Just don’t confuse those actions with any commitment to U.S.-style promotion of liberal democracy.

Despite all the rhetoric, Argentina’s 2009 media reform law was actually based on democratic principles and ideas. The problem has been in the implementation.

The shutdown has undermined U.S. authority to defend democratic norms and social inclusion in Latin America, says AS/COA’s Christopher Sabatini in a Q&A with the Latin American Advisor.